To publish a site to the Internet, you must first set its domain information. Add a
domain name using a TXT record if you're reusing a domain name that's currently in use. For
example, if you're migrating from an existing site to a new Site.com site, you can
transition seamlessly to the new site when you're ready to go live. This method is suitable
only for existing sites that use DNS A records.
Required Editions
Available in: Salesforce Classic
Available for purchase in: Enterprise, Performance,
and Unlimited Editions
Available (with limitations) in:
Developer Edition
User
Permissions Needed
To manage domains and publish Site.com sites:
Site.com Publisher User field enabled on the
user detail page
AND
Site administrator role assigned at the
site level
Each domain name in Site.com must be unique. Salesforce verifies your domain name
when you add it to the site's list of domains, and again when you publish the
site.
Tip It can take up to 48 hours for domain changes to become available on
the Internet. However, you can reduce this time by lowering the time to live (TTL)
value in the account management settings of your DNS provider. Because the current
remaining time must expire before your new setting takes effect, you must update
this value a few days before going live.
In the account management settings of your DNS provider, create a TXT record
that contains your organization's ID. To find the ID, open Site.com Studio,
click Site Configuration | Domains on the Overview tab, and copy the organization ID displayed
there.
Contact your DNS provider if you're unsure how to create a TXT record.
When your TXT record is available on the Internet, enter the domain name in the
text box provided in the Domains view—for example,
www.mycompany.com—and click
Add.
Repeat for any additional domain names. For example, you want to include common
misspellings of the domain name in case users make typing mistakes.
You can add up to ten domain names.
Publish your Site.com site when it's ready. It isn’t yet live on the
Internet.
To go live, in your DNS account management settings:
Create a CNAME that meets the following criteria. CNAME records must
include your domain name, your 18–character organization ID, and
the suffix live.siteforce.com. For example, if your
domain name is www.mycompany.com and your organization ID is
00dx00000000001aaa, then the CNAME must be
www.mycompany.com.00dx00000000001aaa.live.siteforce.com.
You can find the organization ID on the new domain page in Domain
Management within Setup.
Delete the old A record, and also the TXT record that you created in
step 1.
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